RiverNurse

RiverNurse

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  1. RN-Attention Deficit Disorder-Nonhyperactive

    RiverNurse replied to elliejayRN's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    Unfortunately, at this time, I do not think staying in the field is an appropriate option at this time. I was told that my ADD is affecting pt care. My work was systematically picked apart - I was...

  2. RN-Attention Deficit Disorder-Nonhyperactive

    RiverNurse replied to elliejayRN's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    Hi all, I've been working in an ER environment for 10 weeks (out of a 16 week orientation). I have been told that my charting is not up to standard, that I do not report to doctors in a timely manner...

  3. Not fast enough

    RiverNurse posted a topic in Emergency

    Hi all, I am mid way through my orientation in ER. Prior to this, I worked in telemetry/med-surg for nine months. I am a new nurse - have just passed my 1 year mark. I had an evening this week in ER...

  4. Not fast enough

    RiverNurse replied to RiverNurse's topic in Emergency

    Well, the way things have been going in orientation, I've been attempting to transition away from her coattails - but - the way it has been applied is as follows: My preceptor has a backseat role now...

  5. Learning thread (ER medicine)

    RiverNurse replied to TraumaInTheSlot's topic in Emergency

    Hi all, I was helping another nurse with a pt presenting with the following: Hx of MS - pt became increasingly lethargic over a period of 2 days Mottling of trunk and flank, arms and legs that had...

  6. New in ER

    RiverNurse posted a topic in Emergency

    Hi all, I made my way through my first year in nursing - yea! I've decided to give myself two yrs to work in different environments then make a firmer decision on which area of nursing I might like...

  7. RN-Attention Deficit Disorder-Nonhyperactive

    RiverNurse replied to elliejayRN's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    Ditto here - you are not alone. You can try brain sheets, etc. but sometimes that isn't enough... You can try meds - sometimes that isn't enough, either. Even with the above, sometimes the "pogo...

  8. Meltdown at work

    RiverNurse posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    Hey all, I work 7 am - 7 pm and had a meltdown. Just need to vent and thanks. Well, it happened... Here I am, post menopausal and seem to have traded PMS for waterworks when stressed, happy or sad....

  9. What Is Your Most Gross, Yucky, Disgusting Nursing Horror Story?

    RiverNurse replied to yazisizit's topic in Nursing Humor

    Uh oh... exposing my ignorance... LOL... but - uh - what is "skin popping"? Picking at wounds, etc? Thx!

  10. Would you accept LPN wages as an RN just to have a job?

    RiverNurse replied to mondkmondk's topic in General Nursing

    IMHO - I wouldn't. There's too much responsibility as previously stated. I saw this type of thing happen in the IT industry. Initially, the salary was great, a specialized field... then, as the...

  11. What Is Your Most Gross, Yucky, Disgusting Nursing Horror Story?

    RiverNurse replied to yazisizit's topic in Nursing Humor

    Just began a job working in ED two weeks ago. Older gent comes in stating he'd done "something stupid". My preceptor took a look and said, "He has a ring around the base of his member - and it's not...

  12. Help!! New nurse starting nights 7p-7a

    RiverNurse replied to ewilson3's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I work nights. I do most of the above in addition - I take a good quality B Complex before going to work. Gives me an extra boost and I don't seem to get the "hungries" like I used to get when I...

  13. Worried: Discharge SNAFU

    RiverNurse posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    Hey all, Well, I'm finishing up my final week at my current job. At 3 pm - shift change - there's a transfer to a rehab facility. The social worker arranged for transportation to the rehab facility...

  14. Worried: Discharge SNAFU

    RiverNurse replied to RiverNurse's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Thanks, y'all. I've also talked to some other nurses as well and the consensus at this point is that I did all that I could do with the information that I had at the time of the patient's discharge....

  15. Worried: Discharge SNAFU

    RiverNurse replied to RiverNurse's topic in First Year After Licensure

    This pt's family makes decisions for the

  16. New Grad feels lost... not cut out for nursing?

    RiverNurse replied to soffy's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Wow... ditto... I could have written the original post! To the OP - hang in there for as long as you can. What you've described, at least to me, are typical nursing events. As for me - nine months...

  17. Meltdown at work

    RiverNurse replied to RiverNurse's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Um, Bedpan... I already take an anti-depressant AND do several Yoga sessions during the week. The above has worked wonders, except in work... so - now what? I've decided to change my situation. It's...

  18. Rude to pt's family?

    RiverNurse posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    Hi all, It's been a while since I've complained... uh... I mean posted to this forum. Things have been going pretty well, I think, until the last few days. I had a patient that had abx due at 1530...

  19. Help Phenergan & Picc Line????

    RiverNurse replied to 1_Dedicated_RN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Hi, Phenergan is a vesicant. I dilute it with saline and give it with a free flowing IV as opposed to IV push. It can damage the veins and if there is extravasation, necrosis can occur. What is hoped...

  20. Is is it normal to not like nursing?

    RiverNurse replied to intothemoon's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I have to say that I love patient care but not the politics of the floor. There are so many things that I didn't learn in school - the realities of nursing - and if I'd been taught about what to...

  21. Meltdown at work

    RiverNurse replied to RiverNurse's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Suesquatch... LOL! I love it! 10 kinds of people, binary... LOL LOL! > Take care,

  22. Rude to pt's family?

    RiverNurse replied to RiverNurse's topic in First Year After Licensure

    LOL... You know, now that I re-read my own post, I can't really figure it out either. I was told to apologize for not acknowledging the pt's family when I went in to change the bag of fluids. I...

  23. Rude to pt's family?

    RiverNurse replied to RiverNurse's topic in First Year After Licensure

    You know, I actually *do* mention that I am all business - but haven't lately... LOL... got out of the habit. Guess I'll be getting back into that again... May even mention that I was raised up...

  24. Rude to pt's family?

    RiverNurse replied to RiverNurse's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Thanks for the input... Patwil73 - that is exactly what I was thinking on my way home. Trust me when I say that I have heard this over and over from people outside of nursing - all my life! Someone (I...

  25. Nurses are Pathetic!!

    RiverNurse replied to lorster's topic in General Nursing

    I can understand how the OP might be feeling/felt... In fact, I've taken such emotions and turned them on myself during my brief career in nursing - such that I am the one that at the end of the day -...